Sanitary belt.



No. 893,459. PATENTED JULY 14-, 1908 L. J. DAVIS.

SANITARY BELT: 'APPLIUATIOH FILED APEQZZ, 1907.

SANETARY HE. .tl.

Specification of Letters Pate t. t.

Patented. July 1 1-. 1908.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that .l liirv'ronn J. DAYIS, a citizen of the United States,resi ling at the t eity of Battle Creek, eounty of Calhoun, State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SanitaryBelts, of which the following is a speeilieal tton.

This invention relates to improvements in eatamenial devices.

The main object ofthis invention to provide an improved buckle orattached device whir-h is particularly desirable for use in eonneetionwith sanitary belts, althou 'h it. is adapted for use in otherrelations.

Further objeets, and objects relating to details of eonstruetion willdelinitelv appear from the detailed deseript'ion to follow.

i aeeomplish the obieets of my invention by the devices and meansdescribed in the ft)ll )\\'l1l;3j speeilieation.

The invention is clearly detined and pointed out. in the claims.

A strueture embodying the features of my invention is elearl illustratedin the aenonn partying drawing, forming a part of this speeiltcz-ttion,in which,

Figure 1 is a detail perspeetive view of a strueture embodying thefeatures of my iii-- vention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the. buckle oratt aehing; deviee. l itt. I3 is a cross seetion thereof taken on a lineeorrospomling to line llil of Fig. 2.

in the drawing, the sectional View is taken looking; in the direetion ofthe little arrows at the ends of the seetion. line, and similar numeralsof referenee refer to similar parts throughout, the -everal views.

Referring to the drawing, the belt is made up of a pair of straps t -i,\rhieh are eonneeted by a pair f eoupling members 3. 1 'lhese members 2are eaeh provided with three slots as It) arranged in a trhmgu'tar position. 'l'he belt straps t l are prm'idedi with bueltles 4 by means ofwhieh they may t be adjusted, ontof the straps having a hook I atitsforward end adapted to engage the i \lUl in the front eoupling member.win-rel t it ma be readily disengaged. t

'lhe buel les or fastening members preferably onsist of the t'(eltt1t{1'tll:tt' frame ti, formed of a single pieee of wire, the ends of thewire being brought together at the inner end of the frame. leross thetop of the framiis a Tshaped eross pieee 7, formed of sheet metal havinits ends folded about he t trtme in engaging thi speeihed.

sides of the frame and about the upper end, of the. frame, embracing:the abutting ends of the frame wire, effectively securing the sametogether, and also eoaeting with the frame to form the strap loops ll inwhieh the ends of the supporting straps 5 are se eured. Thesesupportintraps areloopedor slidabl arranged through the bottom openings in thecoupling members 2. An adjust able engaging member 5%, which is alsopreferably fortnedof sheet metal, is slidabl mount ed on the framepreferabl by folding its ends around. the side portions of the frame, sothat it is slidable thereon, as elearly appears in Fig. 3. Thisadjustable engaging member is preferably somewhat i-shaped. in crosssection and is offset so that its engaging portion passes down besidethe bottom portion of the frame eoaeting therewith to engage the napkinas .l. B thus forming and. arranging the parts, I seeure in a verysimple and eeonmuirail. manner, a buckle, or fastening, which may bereadily attarhed. or disengaged, and one whieh holds the napkin in avery desirable manner. The belt. also very eonvenient, and is arrangedso that it is easily attaehed and is very eomfortahle for the wearer.

l hare. illustrated and deserihed my improvement in detail in the formpreferred by me on account of its struetural simplieity and eeonomy. lam aware, however, that it. is capable ,of (imisiderable variation instruetural details without departing, from my invention.

llaringk thus deseribed ill) invention what i t'laim as new and desireto set-tire ta lie ters latent is:

t. it. buelde eontprisingj a frame formed of ingle pteee of wire, theends ol' the wire mu brought. together at the upper end ol a b theframe: a T-shaped eross-pieee formed of sheet metal llttYlHfl its endsfolded about the sides of sair ham and about. the upper end thereof toembraee the ends of the frame wire, said eross pieee eoaeting with saidframe to form a. pair of strap openings; and an mliustable engagingmemheu slidably mounted on the side pier-e of said frame. adapted toeoaet with the outer end of the artiele to be seeured,

2. A buelrle eontpt'lsing a frame formed of a single pie-ee of wire,.the ends of the wire beinf.- broughttogether at, the upper end of theframe; a. rsltaped. oross-pieee formed of g I d $98,459

' sheet metal having its ends folded about the y In Witness whereof, Ihave hereunto set thereof to embrace the ends of the frame witnesses.

sides of said frame and about the upper end my hand and seiil in thepresence of two 10 Wire; and an adjustable engaging member slideblymounted on the "side pieces of said LINFORD D frame, adapted to coectwith the outer end Witnesses; a of the frame in engaging the article tobe E. MAE RICHTMYER, secured, as speclfied. DORA M. LUTZ.

